Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one, said the seminal American president Abraham Lincoln.

A woman, who sold her newborn to pay the hospital bill for childbirth, has got back the baby.

At least seven people, including three motorcyclists, were killed and 23 others injured in road accidents in Dhaka and four other districts yesterday.

India’s official Covid-19 death toll crossed 500,000 yesterday, a level some data analysts said was breached last year but was obscured by inaccurate surveys and unaccounted dead in the hinterlands, where millions remain vulnerable to the disease.

The dried ripe fruits of the “horitoki” tree, also known as chebulic myrobalan (Terminalia chebula), have been used as an integral part of the subcontinent’s traditional medicine for ages.

Multiple regions of the country have been facing light to moderate rain since yesterday morning, triggering chilly weather conditions.

Covid fatalities have risen alarmingly over the past week, which saw more than 75 percent of the total deaths from coronavirus in the country since January 3.

Russia won China’s backing in its showdown with the West over Ukraine yesterday, as Beijing agreed with Moscow that the US-led Nato military alliance should not admit new members.

After damaging two canals by building dams and extracting their sands, a local syndicate linked to the ruling party is now tearing apart a wildlife sanctuary by scooping out sand from it and topsoil from adjacent arable land in Dulahazara union of Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar.

Today is the 27th death anniversary of Haisya Bala Malakar.

Residents of Manikganj brought out a human chain yesterday, protesting an incident of acid attack on a female garment worker at Dhanakora Ferajipara village of Saturia upazila on January 26.

Authorities in the US city of Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered in 2020, published body-cam video Thursday showing the police shooting of a 22-year-old African American man.

A little-known militant group has claimed the latest drone attack on the United Arab Emirates, raising the possibility of widening security threats after a wave of assaults from Yemeni rebels.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested three people, including a newly-elected union member, in connection with the murder case of Farid Uddin, who was hacked to death by miscreants at Barakhewor village in Sylhet’s Kanaighat upazila on January 31.

Advocate Gazi Saidul Haque, founder president and current adviser of Senior Citizens Welfare Organization located at Sector-4, Uttara, passed away on January 30 at United Hospital, Dhaka.

Prof Maulana Muhammad Salahuddin, khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, died at a city hospital yesterday afternoon. He was 78.

His love for food had just begun turning his life around. After marrying Farhana Islam four months ago, Sifat Rabby Siam and his wife began a new adventure together -- traveling around and reviewing restaurant food from all over the country.

Chirata or Swertia chirayita (Gentianaceae) is a popular medicinal herb, native to regions of temperate Himalayas. The shrubs can be two-three feet long.

The government yesterday announced names of 24 eminent citizens this year for the Ekushey Padak -- the country’s second highest civilian award after Swadhinata Padak -- for contributions in their respective fields.

A ruling party lawmaker, who was accused of occupying the land of a martyred intellectual’s family in Barishal around three weeks ago, is now allegedly trying to evict around a dozen minority families from their ancestral land.